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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

“Innovations that commoditize some elements of teacher expertise also supply the tools to raise the effectiveness of both non-experts and expert teachers to new heights and to adapt to the new priorities of a 21st-century workforce and education system,” writes Arnett.

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Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

Prior to teaching, he has worked in IT and marketing for [Procter & Gamble]( [link] ), Kaplan University (now [Purdue University Global]( [link] )), and [Diagnostic Centers of America]( [link] ). He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in information systems from [Carnegie Mellon University]( [link] ) in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Where do Brainscape's certified MBE flashcards come from? (And are they legit?)

Brainscape

These instructors then scoured textbooks, past exams, and materials by top bar prep courses like BarBri, Themis, Critical Pass, BarMax, Kaplan to ensure that our MBE flashcards weren't missing any of the important concepts that others were covering.

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What Happens When A Public University Buys a For-Profit Online One?

Edsurge

And here’s the most surprising part: that online school it bought, Kaplan University, was a for-profit business—part of a sector that’s been criticized for high costs and poor outcomes for students. Kaplan University had been owned by Graham Holdings Company, which used to own the Washington Post until it sold it to Jeff Bezos.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

As expected, though, the new nonprofit will also continue to manage the Open edX platform , the open-source system that hosts edX courses and can also be used by any institution with the tech know-how and the computer servers to run it. So don’t expect any one big flashy initiative, but instead a series of smaller grants and collaborations.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 billion in 2010.

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Purdue Global Drops Requirement That Professors Sign Nondisclosure Agreements

Edsurge

Since Purdue University purchased for-profit Kaplan University last year to create what is now Purdue University Global, faculty members have raised questions and concerns about how these two very different models of higher education would fit together. Purdue University Global may be unlike any other university in the country.

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